Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

Three simple ingredients — a marshmallow, a piece of chocolate and two graham crackers. The symbol of summer and campfire snacking.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today.

COLUMBUS - Some of Ohio's most popular tourist attractions are tying early summer discounts to fast-food beverage purchases in a new state promotion, including in Lima.

Time for a confession. As a child, I never once celebrated Mother’s Day. My parents thought the holiday was nothing more than a cheesy excuse to sell greeting cards, and who was I to argue?

WASHINGTON (AP) - Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle.

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s blacks voted at a higher rate than other minority groups in 2012 and by most measures surpassed the white turnout for the first time, reflecting a deeply polarized presidential election in which blacks strongly supported Barack Obama while many whites stayed home.

WASHINGTON — U.S. students are falling behind their international rivals. Young people aren’t adept at new technology. America’s economy will suffer if schools don’t step up their game.

CINCINNATI -- The Bengals think they've found someone who can take attention away from Pro Bowl receiver A.J. Green -- a tight end who lines up anywhere and catches the ball in a crowd.

BEREA, Ohio (AP) -- Barkevious Mingo walked into Radio City Music Hall for the NFL draft wearing a brown tie and orange pocket square in his suit jacket.

COLUMBUS - At the urging of some of Ohio's top law enforcers, the once reticent Ohio Senate has decided to move forward on a proposal effectively outlawing Internet cafes.

Starchy, crunchy and flavorful, fried rice is a deeply satisfying dish no matter what you add to it. And you can add just about any vegetable or protein you care to name, fresh or left over.

COLUMBUS - The Ohio House has removed a pro-abstinence sex education provision that was added to the state budget.

COLUMBUS - A pro-abstinence sex education amendment inserted into Ohio's state budget appears headed to a floor vote Thursday in the Ohio House.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- Adam Scott finished the job this time, and put an end to more than a half-century of Australian misery at the Masters.

COLUMBUS (AP) — It’s been two decades this month since the longest deadly prison riot in U.S. history broke out in southern Ohio and there’s trepidation in the air.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Rick Pitino capped the greatest week of his life with the prize he wanted most of all.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Shut out in their previous two games, the Cleveland Indians faced a real tough task Sunday: Solve AL Cy Young winner David Price, a particular nemesis in recent years.

CINCINNATI — Johnny Cueto ordered three runs. His Cincinnati teammates dutifully delivered.

NEW YORK (AP) — They stream in from teens around the United States, cries for help often sent in by text message.

CINCINNATI — Joey Votto? One single in 10 at-bats. Jay Bruce? One double in 13 at-bats with seven strikeouts.

COLUMBUS - The leader of the Ohio Senate said he could have chosen his words more carefully when he likened the decision to expand Medicaid to being given an ultimatum in the face of a loaded weapon.

WAPAKONETA - A toy airplane that belonged to the first man to walk on the moon is going up for sale.

LOS ANGELES — Ohio State needed another last-second shot, and Aaron Craft had the ball at the top of the key again.

If you are looking to take a fashionable step into spring, let your shoes lead the way.

WASHINGTON - In the second of back-to-back gay marriage cases, the Supreme Court is turning to a constitutional challenge to the law that prevents legally married gay Americans from collecting federal benefits generally available to straight married couples.

KENTON - Two Amish families in northwest Ohio are seeking a compromise with a county health board that wants to evict them from new homes that lack required wells and septic systems.

WASHINGTON (AP) — After Friendster came MySpace. By the time Facebook dominated social media, parents had joined the party, too. But the online scene has changed — dramatically, as it turns out — and these days even if you’re friends with your own kids on Facebook, it doesn’t mean you know what they’re doing.

COLUMBUS - The family lawyer for a black teenager who died in a 2006 hanging incident at an Ohio church camp has asked the local sheriff to reopen the investigation after another camper invoked the Fifth Amendment during questioning last week.

N EW YORK — It seems an unpopular position in college basketball is fashion forward.

NEW YORK (AP) — A new TV commercial features a good-looking young woman on a beach vacation lounging next to a good-looking young man. He bemoans the glare on his iPad and she fills him in on the Kindle Paperwhite’s sun-friendly screen.

COLUMBUS - The Ohio House has voted overwhelmingly to approve a crackdown on storefront gambling-like operations known as Internet cafes.

BELLEFONTAINE - A high school band director in western Ohio has pleaded not guilty to sex charges involving two female students.